After an absolute slugfest at Citi to open this series against the Royals, Christian Scott delivered what Mets fans were desiring most: a scoreless start. The 27-year-old right-hander lowered his season ERA to 3.17 on Wednesday night, tossing five innings of three-hit ball, allowing no runs and striking out three. He was masterful and had his full arsenal working.

“HIs stuff was moving, I could see it from center,” outfielder A.J. Ewing said of Scott’s performance. “He didn’t need a whole lot of help from me out there today. He was on his game today.”

That outing was pivotal after the Mets simply couldn’t catch a break the night before, when no amount of runs could’ve kept them in the game. On the contrary, Wednesday’s game was low-scoring through most of the opening innings. Scott’s brilliance kept the Mets confident and in the game, as they led 1-0 when he departed for the dugout after the fifth.

Nevertheless, Scott and his player development coaches feel he has more to improve on.

“Knowing what somebody has inside of them and what they’re capable of, you don’t just wanna be like ‘hey great outing, you had good results,’” Mets interim manager Andy Green, who specializes in player development, said postgame. “The process stuff for Scotty can get better and better.”

Scott seems to agree, noting that he has more he would like to continue and improve upon, most notably, becoming a more bullpen-friendly starter and pitching into the sixth and seventh innings more often.

“There’s always something to get better at,” he said. “For me, I know it’s going deeper in games. I take that to heart, I take that personally, and being able to go out there and do that consistently is my goal.”

Scott has pitched past the fifth inning just twice this season, with his longest outing being on June 5th against the Padres, when he was removed with two outs in the sixth.

Regardless of his longevity, Scott was truly on his game Wednesday evening. His 82 mph sweeper that ended the fifth inning on a strikeout was even highlighted on the renowned Pitching Ninja Twitter account; not just anyone gets spotlighted on there. All that to say, the team hopes there are more starts like this on the horizon. The Mets could use those.